Title

Conceptual Design: Perceiving The Pattern

Abstract

Conceptual design represents the front end of the entire design process and thus has the greatest leverage on product cost and performance. Unlike engineering science, design - especially the conceptual stage - is essentially empirical. There are two principal reasons for this. First, design is a creative activity, and the aura of mystery that surrounds creativity has given rise to the belief that the process cannot be subjected to rational investigation. Second, unlike engineering analysts, who can use one or a combination of methods (analytical, numerical, and experimental) to determine a stress field, flow characteristics, or the like, designers lack a standard approach for the generation of conceptual designs. This paper addresses the use of object oriented software.

Publication Date

7-1-1989

Publication Title

Mechanical Engineering

Volume

111

Issue

7

Number of Pages

58-60

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0024704243 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0024704243

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